From Berlin to Brussels: Will Europe under-develop Africa again?
By Chukwuma Soludo
Africa
is in trouble. Its future is once again on the table, and it is Europe that holds the ace. Unlike the Berlin Conference
of 1884 to 1885 which balkanized Africa among 13 European powers as guaranteed
sources of raw materials and market, the current contraption under the Economic
Partnership Agreements (EPAs) spearheaded from Brussels is the modern day equivalent of the
Berlin Conference.

